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Coffeehouse Blunders
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100 episodes
1 month ago
Join Daniel "Danny" Rensch and James "Motz" Montemagno each week on Coffeehouse Blunders as they discuss the latest in chess, coffee, tech, and anything else happening in their wonderful lives and around the world. Danny's life as an International Chess Master collides with Motz's mobile development and public speaking background for absolutely adorable and astonishing conversation.
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Join Daniel "Danny" Rensch and James "Motz" Montemagno each week on Coffeehouse Blunders as they discuss the latest in chess, coffee, tech, and anything else happening in their wonderful lives and around the world. Danny's life as an International Chess Master collides with Motz's mobile development and public speaking background for absolutely adorable and astonishing conversation.
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Coffeehouse Blunders
S2 E7 The Queen's Gambit Breakdown: End Game

The time has finally come, it is time for the End Game of The Queen's Gambit. Beth is heading to Moscow for the final showdown against Borgov. We break down the full lead up to the events in Moscow including her time with Jolene, her goodbye to Mr. Shaibel, and perhaps her last conversation with Benny.

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  • Danny: Twitter, Twitch, Chess.com
  • Motz: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
  • Music : Amethyst Seer - Ouija by Adventureface
  • Proudly recorded on Zencastr

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Links:

  • Nona Gaprindashvili - Wikipedia
  • Luchenko v Harmon
  • Beth Harmon's Top 5 Chess Moves | The Queen's Gambit - Netflix - YouTube
  • Borgov v Harmon
  • Alexey Pajitnov - Wikipedia
  • The Story of Tetris | Gaming Historian - YouTube
  • James v Frank
  • Merge Conflict
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4 years ago
1 hour 34 minutes 8 seconds

Coffeehouse Blunders
S2 E6 The Queen's Gambit Breakdown: Adjournment

Join International Chess Master Danny Rensch and "chess expert" James Montemagno as they break down the sixth episode, Adjournment, of the international sensation The Queen's Gambit. In this episode Beth heads to New York to study and crush Benny in some speed chess before she heads off to Paris where it all begins to play Borgov for the second time.

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  • Danny: Twitter, Twitch, Chess.com
  • Motz: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
  • Music : Amethyst Seer - Ouija by Adventureface
  • Proudly recorded on Zencastr

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Links:

  • Benny's Apartment Puzzle
  • Susanto Megaranto vs Leinier Dominguez Perez (2006)
  • Paris - Borgov v Harmon Opening
  • (3) Blindfold Chess Simul by Danny Rensch for ChessKid.com - YouTube
  • Timur Gareyev Plays Record 48 Games Blindfolded - Now Recognized By Guinness - Chess.com
  • Home | The Week in Chess
  • Thomas Brodie-Sangster Exclusive Interview! | The Queen's Gambit - YouTube
  • Beth Harmon, the isoLanni? - Chess.com
  • Beth Harmon's Winning Moves In... Fashion - Chess.com
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4 years ago
1 hour 18 minutes 36 seconds

Coffeehouse Blunders
S2 - BRB: Danny Has COVID

We have a short PSA about Danny and COVID. We will be back next week with our continuation of our breakdown of The Queen's Gambit.

Wear a mask and be safe.

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  • Danny: Twitter, Twitch, Chess.com
  • Motz: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
  • Music : Amethyst Seer - Ouija by Adventureface
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Links:

  • Paris - Borgov v Harmon Opening
  • Benny's Apartment Puzzle
  • Susanto Megaranto vs Leinier Dominguez Perez (2006)
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4 years ago
6 minutes 13 seconds

Coffeehouse Blunders
S2 E5 The Queen's Gambit Breakdown: Fork

Beth returns from Mexico by herself, but not for long as Harry Beltik makes is epic return to assist Beth in crafting her skills. After some back and forth she lets Harry go and makes her way to the U.S. Championship to face off with Benny Watts once again. Danny and James are back to break down every single aspect of this episode in The Queen's Gambit: Fork.

As a reminder we do NOT have any spoilers of future episodes!

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  • Motz: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
  • Music : Amethyst Seer - Ouija by Adventureface
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  • Opera Game - Wikipedia
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4 years ago
1 hour 15 minutes 12 seconds

Coffeehouse Blunders
S2 E4 The Queen's Gambit Breakdown: Middle Game

We are heading off to beautiful Mexico City for the first showdown between Harmon and Borgov. This episode takes us a crazy ride as Beth really starts to find herself, grows closer to Mrs. Wheatley, plays the most difficult matches of chess yet, and it all ends with a tragic endgame. We breakdown the life, time, and chess in episode 4: Middle Game.

As a reminder we do NOT have any spoilers of future episodes!

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  • Danny: Twitter, Twitch, Chess.com
  • Motz: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
  • Music : Amethyst Seer - Ouija by Adventureface
  • Proudly recorded on Zencastr

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Links:

  • Fyodor Dostoevsky - Wikipedia
  • Girev v Harmon Opening
  • Girev v Harmon - Adjourn after 5 hours
  • Dmitry Jakovenko vs Daniel Stellwagen (2007)
  • Borgov v Harmon Opening
  • Borgov v Harmon Endgame
  • CCC: Stockfish vs Winter - Computer Chess Championship - Chess.com
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4 years ago
1 hour 48 minutes 37 seconds

Coffeehouse Blunders
S2 E3 The Queen's Gambit Breakdown: Doubled Pawns

The Queen's Gambit reaches its stride as Beth continues her dominance in the world of chess across several cities beating out Master and Grandmaster players on her way to the U.S. Open in Las Vegas. This episode spans 3 years, a plethora of tournaments, and an epic conclusion with a head-to-head match with Benny. The question is how realistic is all of this dominance, what about the chess play, and the important question of how exactly Beth and her mom flew from Kentucky to Houston on a National Flight....

As a reminder we do NOT have any spoilers of future episodes!

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  • Danny: Twitter, Twitch, Chess.com
  • Motz: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
  • Music : Amethyst Seer - Ouija by Adventureface
  • Proudly recorded on Zencastr

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Links:

  • National Airlines (1934–1980) - Wikipedia
  • Patriot 16GW437 Television Stern-Radio Staßfurt, VEB, RFT Os
  • Stassfurter Radios - VEB Fernsehgerätewerke Stassfurt 16GW437 Patriot
  • Watts v Harmon Opening
  • Rudolph v Harmon Final
  • Chess.com Reviews "The Queen's Gambit" w/ US Women's Chess Champion Jen Shahade! - YouTube
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4 years ago
1 hour 23 minutes 53 seconds

Coffeehouse Blunders
S2 E2 The Queen's Gambit Breakdown: Exchanges

Home sweet home. After studying and mastering 57 pages of the Sicilian Opening, Beth moves in with her new parents and wanders into her first Chess tournament. In this Blunders episode we breakdown every bit of the second episode of The Queen's Gambit: Exchanges including the run up to the Kentucky State Championship, and every single game that Beth played.

As a reminder we do NOT have any spoilers of future episodes!

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  • Danny: Twitter, Twitch, Chess.com
  • Motz: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
  • Music : Amethyst Seer - Ouija by Adventureface
  • Proudly recorded on Zencastr

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Links:

  • A History of Louisville,Ky.Department Stores at PastPerfectVintage.com
  • Townes v Harmon opening
  • Beltik v Harmon Opening
  • Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov vs Genrikh Kasparian (1955)
  • Beltik vs Harmon - End Game
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4 years ago
1 hour 40 minutes 45 seconds

Coffeehouse Blunders
S2 E1 The Queen's Gambit Breakdown: Openings

Welcome to Season 2 of Coffeehouse Blunders. We are back and breaking down every aspect of Beth Harmon's chess journey in The Queen's Gambit. What was chess like in 1967 in Paris, were the first matches realistic, is the Sicilian Defense the best thing to learn as a beginner, and how does a simultaneous really work.

Follow along with us as we breakdown each episode. This episode only contains spoilers for Episode 1: Openings. We will never spoil a future episode!

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  • Danny: Twitter, Twitch, Chess.com
  • Motz: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
  • Music : Amethyst Seer - Ouija by Adventureface
  • Proudly recorded on Zencastr

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Links:

  • The Scholar's Mate
  • French Defense
  • Attacking Levenfish - Chess.com
  • The Najdorf Variation - Chess.com
  • Modern Chess Openings - Wikipedia
  • Reti Opening - Mr. Ganz Match
  • Gioachino Greco vs NN (1620)
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4 years ago
1 hour 22 minutes 26 seconds

Coffeehouse Blunders
Season 2 Trailer: The Queen's Gambit

We are coming back by popular demand! This time for a full breakdown of the international sensation, The Queen's Gambit! Danny and James will break down every episode from the season and not only give you the insights from an International Master on how realistic the chess is, but also the life and times of Beth Harmon in the time era.

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  • Motz: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
  • Proudly recorded on Zencastr

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4 years ago
1 minute 11 seconds

Coffeehouse Blunders
Danny Reads YouTube Comments

It is a wonderful day on the internet as Danny takes in some listener/watcher comments and has his own comments on the situation.

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  • Danny: Twitter, Twitch, Chess.com
  • Motz: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
  • Music : Amethyst Seer - Ouija by Adventureface
  • Proudly recorded on Zencastr

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Links:

  • (11) Daniel Rensch on Twitter: "Hotel Selfie: A Helfie! Gotta rep that @chesscom Meetup Shirt when I’m off to @Twitch HQ for a couple days of meetings here in San Francisco! Hold my calls... https://t.co/585Qxgwoyo" / Twitter
  • Standings - PRO CHESS LEAGUE
  • Introducing Team Chess! Chess.com vs. Chessbrah - YouTube
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6 years ago
19 minutes 54 seconds

Coffeehouse Blunders
Super Dad & International Master Daniel Rensch

What is there to say. Danny is amazing.

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  • Danny: Twitter, Twitch, Chess.com
  • Motz: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
  • Music : Amethyst Seer - Ouija by Adventureface
  • Proudly recorded on Zencastr

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Links:

  • 2019 PRO Chess League: Official Information - Chess.com
  • PRO CHESS LEAGUE - Home
  • Anna Rudolf (@Anna_Chess) | Twitter
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6 years ago
20 minutes 58 seconds

Coffeehouse Blunders
Danny... The Neural Network Expert

Did you know you used to be able to get your very own chess.com email address?!?! It is completely true! Danny breaks down the full history and also how Neural Networks and machine learning are going to take over the world.

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  • Danny: Twitter, Twitch, Chess.com
  • Motz: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
  • Music : Amethyst Seer - Ouija by Adventureface
  • Proudly recorded on Zencastr

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Links:

  • corey on Twitter: "@DanielRensch You asked for it #prochess… "
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6 years ago
38 minutes 51 seconds

Coffeehouse Blunders
Just Call Me Ninja

It's a new year and Danny is in his new "recording" studio with a make shift audio setup. We apologize for Danny's audio, but make up for it with some great holiday advice & Fornite family fun.

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  • Danny: Twitter, Twitch, Chess.com
  • Motz: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
  • Music : Amethyst Seer - Ouija by Adventureface
  • Proudly recorded on Zencastr

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Links:

  • Tankless Water Heaters | Residential | Navien
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6 years ago
33 minutes 2 seconds

Coffeehouse Blunders
Poppa Cheese Is In The Mood For A Shrimp Burrito

It is the holidays, which means there must be a Marvel movie in the theater. In this completely spoiler-free podcast we break down our thoughts on Aquaman, why there is no Christmas chess tournament, and so much more.

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  • Danny: Twitter, Twitch, Chess.com
  • Motz: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
  • Music : Amethyst Seer - Ouija by Adventureface
  • Proudly recorded on Zencastr

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Links:

  • World Rapid, Blitz Chess Championships Officially Opened; Carlsen To Start With Black - Chess.com
  • Continental Chess Association USA chess tournaments from coast to coast
  • Daniel Rensch on Twitter: "Matt Damon is my Spirit Actor... https://t.co/L6B1QSAqTn"
  • SNL Digital Short: Lazy Sunday - YouTube
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6 years ago
35 minutes 33 seconds

Coffeehouse Blunders
Face, Google, Snap Time

One week until Christmas and all Danny and Motz can talk about is Aquaman, technology blunders, and Planet Earth 2. We also throw a little chess awesomeness in there :)

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  • Danny: Twitter, Twitch, Chess.com
  • Motz: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
  • Music : Amethyst Seer - Ouija by Adventureface
  • Proudly recorded on Zencastr

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Links:

  • Final Thoughts On Carlsen vs Caruana From Robert And Me - Chess.com
  • Can You Solve Our 2018 Holiday Chess Puzzler? - Chess.com
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6 years ago
36 minutes 21 seconds

Coffeehouse Blunders
Hess & Rensch Snap Heard Around The World

It has been a few weeks, but we are back together forever with a full breakdown on our absence. We also chat about the new Avengers & Godzilla trailers and our holiday plans.

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  • Danny: Twitter, Twitch, Chess.com
  • Motz: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
  • Music : Amethyst Seer - Ouija by Adventureface
  • Proudly recorded on Zencastr

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Links:

  • The Next Great Chess Boom Is Here - The Ringer
  • Avengers: Endgame Trailer #1 (2019) | Movieclips Trailers - YouTube
  • Godzilla: King of the Monsters - Official Trailer 2 - In Theaters May 31 - YouTube
  • Final Thoughts On Carlsen vs Caruana From Robert And Me - Chess.com
  • Amazon.com: 7 Wonders: Toys & Games
  • Amazon.com: Sushi Go! - The Pick and Pass Card Game: Toys & Games
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6 years ago
27 minutes 14 seconds

Coffeehouse Blunders
Chess Grandmaster Robert Hess Takeover

Chess Grandmaster Robert Hess joins Danny (while James is off traveling the world) to review everything that was the 2018 World Chess Championship match between Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana.

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  • Danny: Twitter, Twitch, Chess.com
  • Motz: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
  • Music : Amethyst Seer - Ouija by Adventureface
  • Proudly recorded on Zencastr

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Special Guest: Robert Hess.

Links:

  • World Chess Championship 2018: Carlsen vs Caruana - Chess.com
  • Garry Kasparov on Twitter: "In light of this shocking draw offer from Magnus in a superior position with more time, I reconsider my evaluation of him being the favorite in rapids. Tiebreaks require tremendous nerves and he seems to be losing his."
  • Robert Hess (@GM_Hess) | Twitter
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6 years ago
32 minutes 7 seconds

Coffeehouse Blunders
Urban Hiking with Carlsen

We are back from a break and the WCC is in full swing! Before that though we have lots of life happening for the greater awesome. Motz does some urban hiking and joined a Gym and Danny just moved! We also break down all the WCC!

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  • Danny: Twitter, Twitch, Chess.com
  • Motz: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
  • Music : Amethyst Seer - Ouija by Adventureface
  • Proudly recorded on Zencastr

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Links:

  • World Chess Championship 2018: Carlsen-Caruana - Chess.com
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6 years ago
41 minutes 15 seconds

Coffeehouse Blunders
OOF - Watching Chess

We are out of office this week, but don't worry we will be back next week with more Blunders goodness.

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  • Danny: Twitter, Twitch, Chess.com
  • Motz: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
  • Music : Amethyst Seer - Ouija by Adventureface
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Links:

  • Trinspo: Travel Inspiration
  • The V Spot: Vegan Podcast
  • Merge Conflict
  • Nintendo Dispatch
  • soundbite.fm: a podcast network
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6 years ago

Coffeehouse Blunders
Car vs Car: Sponsored by Starburst

It is go time! Carlsen vs Caruana in the 2018 World Chess Championship and we have full unofficial coverage! Also lots of silly talk about corn and Starburst!

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  • Danny: Twitter, Twitch, Chess.com
  • Motz: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
  • Music : Amethyst Seer - Ouija by Adventureface
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Links:

  • Carlsen vs Caruana: CAPS Predicts The 2018 World Chess Championship - Chess.com
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6 years ago
22 minutes 41 seconds

Coffeehouse Blunders
Join Daniel "Danny" Rensch and James "Motz" Montemagno each week on Coffeehouse Blunders as they discuss the latest in chess, coffee, tech, and anything else happening in their wonderful lives and around the world. Danny's life as an International Chess Master collides with Motz's mobile development and public speaking background for absolutely adorable and astonishing conversation.